Announcing that 600 million devices are now governing the company’s latest operating system. The number covers PCs, tablets, Xbox One consoles, HoloLens headsets, and even Surface Hub devices and phones. News releases that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced the latest figures during the company’s yearly shareholders meeting today.
Microsoft had basically planned to get Windows 10 operating on 1 billion devices by 2018. The software giant finally gave up on that ambitious goal last year and indicated it will take longer to hit the 1 billion target. How much harder is still unclear, as growth has delayed ever since Microsoft removed its free Windows 10 upgrade offer. Microsoft announced its 500 million figure earlier this year, and the company proved that it has given up on Windows Phone recently. There’s now little hope that receivers will ever contribute a large number of the aim of a billion devices running Windows 10.
Microsoft still resembles to be on target to hit its updated milestone figures though. Sources told The Verge beginning this year that Microsoft was targeting 550 million active Windows 10 devices by the end of June, and 575 million by the end of September. Hitting 600 million by the end of Fall fits this new plan, but it’s not clear precisely when the big billion target will ever be met.
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